The title of Staten Island-based instrumental funk group Budos Band’s upcoming 15th-anniversary album, Long in the Tooth, is a perhaps obvious but no less satisfying piece of wordplay that speaks to both the group’s longevity and style. Evocations of the… Read More
The Saturday Night Live season 46 premiere was last night (10/3) with host Chris Rock and musical guest Megan Thee Stallion. As you'd expect, the cold open parodied the recent presidential debate between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Joe Biden… Read More
Megan Thee Stallion is having Thee Greatest Year, despite…well, everything. After a stellar showing on HBO Max’s Legendary, serving up one of the year’s best quarantine awards show performances at the 2020 BET Awards, and inciting a global mop and… Read More
.@rihanna’s entrance at the #SAVAGEXFENTYSHOW Vol. 2. #Rihanna #SAVAGENOTSORRY pic.twitter.com/6RGw1C8Wks — FentyStats.com (@FentyStats) October 2, 2020 The Savage X Fenty Vol. 2 show is now on Amazon Prime Video. If you can, I highly suggest you watch it over the… Read More
Saturday Night Live returns to Studio 8H for its 46th season this weekend with host Chris Rock, musical guest Megan Thee Stallion, and a whole lot of COVID safety measures. The show has just announced the two following weekend's hosts and musical… Read More
Joe Pernice of The Pernice Brothers and Scud Mountain Boys fame has recorded an album of Barry Manilow covers, titled Could it Be Magic, that's out today for today's Bandcamp Friday artist fundraiser, with physical editions due out at a… Read More
A new benefit compilation is paying tribute to Rilo Kiley's seminal sophomore album, 2002's The Execution of All Things. No Bad Words for the Coast Today, which was put together by former BrooklynVegan contributor Tatiana Tenreyro and Rachel Rossen, is… Read More
Happy October everybody! After the new release overload that was last week, this week is a little dry, at least for things I haven't already covered. But there's always something to write about. This week: Death Valley Girls' "space-gospel record";… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
Rihanna is a little busy taking over the entire globe – releasing shades, socks, boxers, bras, bronzers, moisturizers and everything in between (while also trying to save the world while doing so), but in her spare time, she enjoys singing… Read More